---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing an emergency loan program to be administered by the county road administration board."
description: "Establishing an emergency loan program to be administered by the county road administration board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5923"
citation: "Washington SB 5923 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/095fa273-4c8f-4443-a505-220180d99de8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5923&year=2019"
source_hash: "651256f482522ae35d7041011c9d400a5fa2c64835e783da6e815a81caed631f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5923 (2019-2020) — Establishing an emergency loan program to be administered by the county road administration board.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5923.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hobbs — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-15** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 157, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/095fa273-4c8f-4443-a505-220180d99de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).